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Subject:Re: Embedding MS Project file into MS Word From:Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"Sweet, Gregory (HEALTH)" <gregory -dot- sweet -at- health -dot- ny -dot- gov>, Stan Burnett <stanb -at- xmission -dot- com>, 'techwr-l' <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 6 Mar 2015 17:29:57 +0000 (UTC)
Would it be a problem for you if, instead of shoving something into the Word doc, you linked to it? Assuming that is even possible, of course.
On Friday, March 6, 2015 9:45 AM, "Sweet, Gregory (HEALTH)" <gregory -dot- sweet -at- health -dot- ny -dot- gov> wrote:
Off the cuff:
Save Project file as a PDF, then Insert the PDF object
Or since your original plan was to use an icon anyway, place a nice image in your Word doc. Select the image, then choose Insert > Hyperlink and create a link to the Project file. Be sure to include the Project file in distribution.
Cheers!
Greg
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> Margaret, thanks for the reply. The content in the Project file is too large for
> an image to be practical.
>
> I need a way to attach content other than an image, and other than the
> simple Insert > Object (which doesn't work because of the bug).
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Stan
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